INTRODUCING

PROF. DR. YOUNES SOUALHI

Country of Origin
Algeria

Qualification
PhD (Usul al-Fiqh), Masters ( Usul al-Fiqh), B.A ( Usul al-Fiqh), Registered financial planner.

Phone Number
+603 7651 4241

A Brief Introduction

Prof. Dr. Younes is currently a Senior Researcher at the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) and the Head of Islamic Banking Unit. He also teaches at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, Malaysia (INCEIF). Prof. Dr. Younes Soualhi having a teaching experience of 23 years, he taught many Islamic finance subjects, including takaful and retakaful courses at Masters and PhD levels. He published many articles and books in Islamic Banking and Finance, including Takaful and retakaful. He got his B.A in Shari’ah from Emir Abdulqadir University for Islamic Sciences in Algeria, and his M.A & PhD from IIUM and UM (Malaysia) respectively. He also holds a Diploma in Human Sciences.

Achievements

World Bank advisor (former), International Shariah advisor, International trainer, advisor for the DRIVE Takaful product in the Horn of Africa.

Publications

  • Abojeib, M., & Soualhi, Y. (2024). Smart contracts: A Sharīʿah analysis in light of contemporary applications. ISRA Research Paper No. 122/2024, ISRA Research Management Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Soualhi, Y, Obeid, A.M. smart contracts and the prospects for their application in social banking: a maqasid jurisprudential vision, Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024).
  • Soualhi et al, Tayyib Concept paper, INCEIF-MIFC publications, May 2024.
  • Sherif, Z., Ghalia, B., & Soualhi, Y. (2023). The Principle of Considering the Consequences of Actions in the Sharīʽah Standard for Tawarruq Issued by the AAOIFI:ا. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul Al-Fiqh Studies, 7(2), 45–59. https://doi.org/10.31436/ijfus.v7i2.302
  • Younes Soualhi& Fares Djafri, Sharīʿah Framework for Pricing Family Takāful Products, Journal name: Intellectual Discourse (Scopus), Vol. no:29:1 (2021), Page no: 89-116.

Teaching Courses

PhD in Islamic Finance (by Coursework and Dissertation)

  • Islamic Jurisprudence and Law
  • Islamic Law of Contracts

Master of Science in Islamic Finance (MSc)

  • Islamic Jurisprudence and Law
  • Islamic Law of Contracts

Recent Works

Principal researcher, Maqasid based VBIT Scorecard ( a project between ISRA RMC and the Malaysian Takaful Association, MTA).

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Principal researcher, Shariah issues in Takaful operations, ( a project between ISR RMC and the National Association of Malaysian Insurance, NAMLIFA).

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Researcher, Maqasid based index for Islamic Banking, ( a project between ISRA RMC and Dubai Islamic Bank, UAE).

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